egging

英 [ˈeɡɪŋ]

美 [ˈeɡɪŋ]

v.  怂恿; 鼓励
egg的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 蛋;卵
  Aneggis an oval object that is produced by a female bird and which contains a baby bird. Other animals such as reptiles and fish also lay eggs.
  1. ...a baby bird hatching from its egg.
     从蛋中孵出的小鸟
  2. ...ant eggs.
     蚁卵
• N-VAR （西方国家常指供食用的）鸡蛋
  In Western countries,eggsoften means hen's eggs, eaten as food.
  1. Break the eggs into a shallow bowl and beat them lightly.
     把鸡蛋打到一个浅碗中，轻轻搅打。
  2. ...bacon and eggs.
     咸肉煎蛋
• N-COUNT 卵状物;蛋形物
  Eggis used to refer to an object in the shape of a hen's egg.
  1. ...a chocolate egg.
     巧克力蛋
• N-COUNT 卵子;卵细胞
  Aneggis a cell that is produced in the bodies of female animals and humans. If it is fertilized by a sperm, a baby develops from it.
  1. It only takes one sperm to fertilize an egg.
     只需要一个精子就能让卵子受精。
• See also:Easter eggnest eggScotch egg
• PHRASE 寄希望于一件事上;孤注一掷
  If someone putsalltheireggs in one basket, they put all their effort or resources into doing one thing so that, if it fails, they have no alternatives left.
  1. The key word here is diversify; don't put all your eggs in one basket.
     这里的关键词是多样性；不要在一棵树上吊死。
• PHRASE 出丑;丢脸;蒙羞
  If someone hasegg ontheirfaceor hasegg all overtheirface, they have been made to look foolish.
  1. If they take this game lightly they could end up with egg on their faces.
     如果他们对这场比赛掉以轻心，结果很可能会出丑。
• a chicken and egg situation→ see:chicken

双语例句

• Are you egging me on, or do you really like me?
  你只是在哄我，还是你真的喜欢我？
• "The way you behave is nothing short of egging the women on to make trouble."
  “你的行为，简直是主使工人们捣乱！”
• That was followed by a daftclaim by Congress that the Americans were egging on the protesters.
  之后国会发表一份可笑的申明，说美国人在抗议者中煽风点火。
• The older children were egging the younger ones on to jump off the tree.
  大孩子们怂恿小孩子从树上跳下来。
• To say this is a dramatic increase that will go on for ever is probably over-egging the pudding a little bit.
  如果说这种大幅度的业务增长将会永远持续下去，就可能言过其实了。
• But equally, institutional shareholders and analysts need to consider how to meet their fiduciary responsibility to their investors, rather than just egging the bankers on to take more risk in the name of "shareholder value".
  但同样，机构股东和分析师也需要考虑如何不负投资者的委托，而不是仅仅怂恿银行家以“股东价值”为名，去冒更大的风险。
• It's no use egging him on; he's made up his mind not to join in the tournament.
  他已拿定主意不参加比赛了，你再将他也没有用。
• Girls in pretty dresses and women in black chadors waved to the revolutionaries from the rooftops, egging them on to Colonel Qaddafi's compound.
  着装艳丽的女孩儿和身披黑色传统长袍的妇女在屋顶朝革命军挥手致意，敦促勇士们向卡扎菲的老巢进发。
• "The way you behave is nothing short of egging the women on to make trouble." That child seems incapable of keeping out of mischief.
  你的行为，简直是主使工人们捣乱那个孩子不调皮捣蛋简直就受不了。
• He's just egging you on.
  这不过是他的激将法。